Children give and receive at Waikoloa Elementary holiday event

First grade teacher Ben Blackburn presents a book to his student, Jazariah Pahinui-Aquino-Elven. (COURTESY PHOTO/FLWR)

At Waikoloa School’s Parent Night Wednesday, kindergartners and first-graders entertained the family audience with holiday songs. Friends of the Library — Waikoloa Region provided books for each of the students performing. For some of them, this is the first book they have of their own at home.